Incredible Acrylics | Jean-Paul van Boxtel

Rather than a conventional instruction manual, this is more of a celebration of the medium of acrylics that reads like one of those “good enough to eat” cookery books. It’s not often than an art book features pictures of swirls of paint, but the author started out as a photographer and he captures some startling images. Even in his paintings, the paint itself becomes part of the composition and there’s something somehow luscious about the results. It’s all intriguing and sometimes a little disturbing, too.

This certainly isn’t a book for anyone looking to learn how to paint but, as an immersion in the medium, it’s really rather beautiful.

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